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This video is created using sequence of photos taken on April 12, 2016 when I witnessed KP index of 5.5. It was a G1 Magnetic Storm on that day, thanks to Sun, Mother Earth and Nature for such a breath-taking dance in Sky. It was like some painter is painting abstract colours, Sky was canvas and Nature was painter. It was taken in Þingvellir anglicised as Thingvellir (or, mistakenly, Pingvellir), founded in 1930. This location is very important as we can see Glacier mountain in background, a Parliament building in front with view of lake and also the Eurasian and American fault line going. This was amazing show. When I created the orginal Video with 6000 X 4000 pixel wide, my laptop gave up, waited for long time to get right tool to scale the size from 20GB video (best quality) to mere 2MB size. I hope you like it, feel free to share if you find worth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0eW_oXp0aE&feature=youtu.be Sony A77Markii + Samyang 14MM F2.8 ISO 1600 Aperture 2.8 Shutter speed 15 sec Metering Pattern Bit depth - 24 Original Size 350dpi Resolution 6000 X 4000 Rendered to 3000 X 2000 (Out put was 20 GB) Total files 310 images Final one is compressed to mere 2MB using 'WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe' to 720 X 480 pixel Some of the files worth sharing from the set of 310 images are here:

Few days ago I saw a video ("Tony Northup calls the A-mount a dead system") where on Sony Alpha Forum some expert said SLT/A Mount system is gone. May be Sony is not serious on this as they are basking in the success of the Mirrorless A7 thingy.... I am not a professional guy but I have seen many system in past, with my limited income source and Photography as a serious hobby I have used Canon, got opportunity to see some Nikon system, then moved to Sony in 2016 when I bought A99. Then I made a decision in 2016 to move to mirror less, now I have A7R and A7Rmarkii..... What I have learnt in last 20 years is we need an Artist inside us, these are tools to express our Imagination and creativity, they will always have limitations but as an Artist there is always a way to express through limited resources. May be SLT is gone, we may say 'SLT is dead Long Live SLT'..... I am still having A77Markii and have seen at many places where this system is far better than A7 in response. But who gonna tell Sony that refine it and take it above Canon and Nikon. May God help Sony. Artist like me can't ......... Now, why I said all these things............. because I still use it, its quite reliable and output is also great.... See this Video (its using A mount system): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0eW_oXp0aE&feature=youtu.be

Sharing 4 images here.... intention is to make aware general readers about how easily it’s to identify Meteor, Satellite and airplane in any photograph. I felt lucky to capture all in mere 30 minutes of time in Iceland. I went well prepared to Iceland to capture aurora borealis (Northern Lights)...this time I had wish to capture it. Last time when I saw Aurora was in year 2005 and it was not aurora borealis but Aurora Australis (Southern Lights). I was a student, with no money to buy DSLR. This time I had 3 set ups with me. 1. Sony A7Rmii + Zeiss Batis 25MM F2 2. Sony A7R + Zeiss Touit 12MM F2.8 (APSC lens) 3. Sony A77 Markii + Samyang 14MM F2.8 (Thanks to my friend Nandita who brought it for me from USA) This was done to make sure I am not opening my camera in different temperature thus avoiding chance to have any sort of condensation and moisture entry in the camera body. Temperature was fine, it never dipped below -2/-3 in mid night. I got some exceptional clicks as Mother Earth and Nature was in full mood with Sun to show us a beautiful dance on April 09-10, 2016. With KP index of 3.33 I had good hope for the show and it went higher. I was lucky to witness G1 show again on April 12-13 midnight. Coming back to the date of 09-10... my first day in Iceland... I went with Reykjvik Excursion to 'Þingvellir, anglicised as Thingvellir National Park'. The best show starts usually between 11:00 to 1:00. These photos were clicked between 12:31 to 12:46...using Sony A77 Mark ii + Samyang 14MM F2.8... 1. 'DSC00584_two_Satellites.jpeg' shows two satellites in the image. you can see a straight line at two place, Top-right and other on the bottom side towards left above the snow peak. It can be easily identified. Point to note about satellites is they give us a straight lines (always).... not a dotted line like airplane . Secondly they dont have a round head like meteor. taken at 12:31 AM 2. Taken at 12:36 AM, 'DSC00588_Aeroplace.jpeg'.. See on full screen, you can see a line of dots below Cassiopeia constellation and right of the Pleiades Constellation. Else check in mid of two snow peaked mountains. This is a movement of Aeroplace. 3. Now in this third click (DSC00593_Single_Satellite.jpeg) taken at 12:41 Am, check the constellation called Aquilae (Indian name 'Sravana'). The satellite is there on the top-right of the photo between the brightest star and the top star of the 'Aquilae' constellation. Again a line is captured (straight line). Satellites don't blink like airplane but they reflect the light through their solar panels because of Sun. 4. Fourth click of 12:46 Am 'DSC00598_Meteor.jpeg' clearly shows the meteor captured at top-right side. Location is same - between the brightest star and the top star of the 'Aquilae' constellation. I hope this write up will help novice readers to understand the clear difference between Meteor, Aeroplane and Satellite now.

Finally got to test out the A7SII in Norway. I struggled going from stills to video the entire trip. Using the A7RII for stills and SII for footage. Just a short film documenting the workshop with Lofotentours.com. They did an amazing job, five stars!